Mind the Gap atlas
How conditions actually present on Black skin.
Medical textbooks almost exclusively depict conditions on light skin. That omission has delayed real diagnoses, jaundice in newborns, meningitis rashes, Lyme bullseyes, Stevens-Johnson, Kawasaki, eczema, and many more present differently on Black skin. This atlas is the written clinical reference we wish had existed: we describe the presentation, tell you what to look for, and link out to open-access imagery from peer-reviewed and respected sources (we don't host clinical photographs here).
Body system
Kawasaki disease on Black skin
Key cue: Fever ≥ 5 days in a child + red/cracked lips + 'strawberry tongue' + peeling fingertips, colour changes are subtler on Black skin but the mucosal and conjunctival findings are not.
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Key cue: Visual assessment is unreliable on Black newborns. Check the sclerae and hard palate, and ask for transcutaneous bilirubin measurement at every well-baby visit in the first week.
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